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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Luray
Luray, Virginia and Vicinity
▶ Page County (85) ▶ Greene County (7) ▶ Madison County (45) ▶ Rappahannock County (44) ▶ Rockingham County (80) ▶ Shenandoah County (204) ▶ Warren County (43)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Skyline Drive (at milepost 45), on the right when traveling south. |
| | In late 1935, when Shenandoah National Park was officially established, 465 families remained on the land, most with no plans for relocation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Resettlement Administration was tapped to help. The government . . . — — Map (db m96232) HM |
| On Zerkel Street west of Campbell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Legend and narrative testimonies describe this stone as A Slave Auction Block
From the Page News & Courier, August 31, 1961: “This native sandstone block . . . which stood at the corner of Main and Court Streets at the Chamber of . . . — — Map (db m159133) HM |
| Near Skyline Drive (at milepost 41.7), on the right when traveling south. |
| | This trail intersection is highest point of the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park. Elevation 3837 — — Map (db m45735) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1835
Yellow Pine
Log Construction
Kimball Springs Va.
— — Map (db m159119) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1850
Chestnut Log
Construction
from
the Lee Plantation
Lynchburg VA.
— — Map (db m159112) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1860
Switzer Style
Heart Pine Log
Construction
Page Valley VA.
— — Map (db m159115) HM |
| On Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the left when traveling west. |
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Driving the Dream
The Car & Carriage Caravan Museum at Luray Caverns is one of America's most outstanding exhibits of rare vintage vehicles. Established in 1957, the museum was built on one man's fascination with antique transportation. . . . — — Map (db m159105) HM |
| On North Broad Street (Business U.S. 340) south of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In mid-June 1862, after Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley campaign, Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson’s cavalry screened from Union observation Jackson’s movement east to join the Army of Northern Virginia near . . . — — Map (db m591) HM |
| On Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling south. |
| | During the 1930's, CCC Camp NP-1, Company 334, Camp Dern was placed in the area across the Skyline Drive and 1/4 mile to the south. — — Map (db m13244) HM |
| On East Main Street (Business U.S. 211) at Resevoir Avenue (County Route 689), on the right when traveling east on East Main Street. |
| | (Left Side):Would it not be a blame for us if their memories part from our land & heart and a wrong to them & a shame for us the glories they won shall not wane for us in legend & lay our heroes in gray shall forever live over again for us. . . . — — Map (db m16457) HM |
| On South Broad Street at Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street. |
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CSA
Confederate Soldiers
1861 - 1865 — — Map (db m159128) WM |
| On Skyline Drive (at milepost 42), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near this spot, on July 18, 1931, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Skyline Drive was conducted. This act began the eight-year construction of the 105-mile-long scenic roadway, which now stretches from Front Royal to Waynesboro, Virginia. — — Map (db m45690) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1850
from
the Lee Plantation
Lynchburg VA.
Chestnut Log
Construction
Used for the storage of corn.
— — Map (db m159120) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1800
Mennonite and Brethren
Moravian Style
Constructed of
Heartpine & Brick
Millcreek Va.
— — Map (db m159117) HM |
| Near Linden Avenue at Virginia Avenue (Business U.S. 340), on the left when traveling east. |
| | During the 1800's farmer’s took everything from a from a simple hoe to a thresher “snorting black smoke” into the fields in pursuit of better harvest.
Machines were run by hand, by oxen or horses, and finally by steam . . . — — Map (db m100662) HM |
| On North Board Street (Business U.S. 340) south of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north. |
| | In September 1864, Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan detached two cavalry divisions under Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert to move into the Page Valley. While the bulk of Sheridan’s army would strike Gen. Jubal A. Early’s Confederates at Fisher’s Hill, Torbert . . . — — Map (db m155818) HM |
| On Main Street (Business U.S. 211) at Leaksville Road (Local Route 616), on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Six miles south, near Alma, stands Fort Philip Long, a small Germanic stone dwelling with a massive end chimney. Constructed on the edge of a bank, the house is unusual in having two cellar levels, one below the other. A tunnel leads from the lower . . . — — Map (db m802) HM |
| On Skyline Drive (at milepost 30.1), 1.4 miles north of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Imagine it’s 1740. You're traveling west, and you've arrived at this point on Pass Mountain. You have to cross that next mountain on the other side of the valley, and there are no roads to guide you. Where will you cross? Most people would choose . . . — — Map (db m134296) HM |
| On Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340). |
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Circa 1885
Pine & Chestnut
Construction
Hamburg VA.
— — Map (db m159113) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Lower Level
Burner's Bank Barn
Switzer Style
Circa 1860
Heart Pine Log
Construction
Page Valley VA.
— — Map (db m159122) HM |
| Near Skyline Drive (at milepost 36.5), 5 miles south of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling south. |
| | "The hand-cut walls have stories to tell for those willing to listen." Reed Engle, The Greatest Single Feature… A Sky-line Drive
May 15, 1933 saw the first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps established in Shenandoah at . . . — — Map (db m145386) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the left when traveling west. |
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The Town of Luray was originally surveyed and platted in 1811. On February 8, 1812, the Town was established. People who live and work in the area continue to marvel at its rolling hills, clear streams, and breathtaking views. Luray has evolved . . . — — Map (db m159093) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 340), on the left when traveling west. |
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(front)
Near This Spot
Andrew Campbell, feeling the cool air of newly found natural wonder Luray Caverns, is shown here very shortly after this "discovery of the century" was made. Photo was most likely taken by co-discoverer Benton . . . — — Map (db m106463) HM |
| Near West Main Street (Business U.S. 211) at South Hawksbill Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | On this site was lot number 1 of a town made up of 18 lots conveyed by deed from Isaac Ruffner and his family, descendants of the original homesteaders in 1739, Peter and Mary (Steinman) Ruffner, owners of most of the land on both sides of the . . . — — Map (db m154446) HM |
| On Zerkel Street west of Campbell Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This one-room school was originally located in the Massanutten section, west of Luray. Donated to the Page County Heritage Association by Thomas and Barbara Jenning, the c. 1880 building was moved to this site in 1974. Extensive renovation . . . — — Map (db m800) HM |
| On South Broad Street (Business U.S. 340) south of Campbell Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Organized 1812. Called Old School Baptist since 1832 when there occurred a division in the Baptist Churches of the United States.
Mt. Carmel Church Buildings. First, a frame building in West End. Second, a brick building at the head . . . — — Map (db m36327) HM |
| On Skyline Drive (at milepost 39), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Stony Man, the old man in the mountain, is a Shenandoah National Park icon. It only takes a little imagination to see the profile of a man’s face in the mountain from here. Stony Man has lent his name to a summit, an overlook, a hike, a camp . . . — — Map (db m96224) HM |
| On South Court Street just south of West Page Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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Those who have long enjoyed such freedoms as we enjoy forget in time that man has died to win them
Dedicated to those who serve their country in times of war and peace especially dedicated to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice in order . . . — — Map (db m159126) WM |
| On Red Church Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Nearly three weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, and in the wake of a sharp fight near Front Royal at Wapping Heights (Manassas Gap) on July 23, 1863, Confederate troops from Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s corps withdrew to the Page Valley. On July 25, . . . — — Map (db m13111) HM |
| On South Court Street south of West Page Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | In memory of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Page County — — Map (db m159127) WM |
| On Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the left when traveling west. |
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If this Valley is lost, Virginia is lost!
— General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
During the American Civil War, control of the Shenandoah Valley was critical to the fate of Virginia and . . . — — Map (db m159096) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Shenandoah National Park Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935 using lands donated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The forest was once devastated by logging and farming, but has now returned, and covers more than 95 per cent of the . . . — — Map (db m13249) HM |
| Near Skyland Drive (at milepost 41.7), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Decades before Shenandoah National Park was established, vacationers traveled to Skyland Resort seeking respite from urbanized, mechanized city life. Just as you have, they found rustic, natural surroundings, a slowed pace, and a chance to reconnect . . . — — Map (db m134294) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the left when traveling west. |
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The Discovery of the Century
On August 13, 1878, town tinsmith Andrew Campbell, Campbell's 13-year-old nephew Quint, and three other men were exploring for a cave. With the help of a companion, photographer Benton Stebbins, they dug away . . . — — Map (db m159107) HM |
| | Immigrant Peter Ruffner built this house about 1739. Before the Civil War, William A. Chapman bought it, and three sons reared here later fought for the Confederacy. For their exploits as members of Col. John S. Mosby’s Rangers, two of them, Lt. . . . — — Map (db m17210) HM |
| Near Skyline Drive south of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling south. |
| | “The greatest single feature is a possible sky-line drive along the mountain top. . .Few scenic drives in the world could surpass it.” —Southern Appalachian National Park Committee, 1931
By 1929, more than 23 million . . . — — Map (db m100663) HM |
| On Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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The Luray Valley Museum is dedicated to sharing the story of the people of the Shenandoah Valley and their enduring impact on the American culture. The museum has a significant and evolving decorative arts collection of Shenandoah Valley . . . — — Map (db m159108) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Circa 1760
Woodstock Va.
Constructed of
Heartpine Logs
1760 Willy Cabin
Kitchen — — Map (db m159121) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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Original to the site
Back Of House Circa 1876
Front Of House Circa 1901
Common Sawed Timber
Construction
— — Map (db m159111) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles from Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
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The World's First Bluegrass Festival was held at Oak Leaf Park, Luray, Virginia on July 4, 1961. Featured bands: Bill Clifton & the Dixie Mountain Boys, Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Mac Wiseman, the Stanley Brothers, the Country Gentlemen, . . . — — Map (db m159124) HM |
| Near Skyline Drive south of Lee Highway (U.S. 211), on the right when traveling south. |
| | During the Civil War, this gap in the Blue Ridge was of significant tactical importance for the movement of troops, artillery, and supply wagons. The Thornton’s Gap Turnpike, a macadamized (hard-surfaced) road, passed through the gap and linked . . . — — Map (db m100651) HM |
| On West Main Street (Business U.S. 211) west of Hawksbill Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Operated from 1870–1910 about ¼ mile north of U.S. 211 over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with its approach road close to the existing White House. You can easily see the White House, on the east side of the river, as you drive to the . . . — — Map (db m573) HM |
| On Stonyman Road (County Route 642) east of Business U.S. 340. |
| | On October 2, 1864, elements of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Division under Col. William H. Powell reached this area near Luray and quickly laid waste to the Willow Grove Mill. Amanda Moore, wife of the mill’s owner, later recalled, "We had the Mill, Saw . . . — — Map (db m11034) HM |
| Near Cave Hill Road 0.2 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west. |
| | This mill was originally built of logs on a high rock foundation in 1797. It was powered by a 18' overshot with an up and down sawmill. Steam engines were used in late 1800's. In 1871 William Richards Renalds began working at this mill and operated . . . — — Map (db m159109) HM |
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